Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 162 206
Rank change year-on-year -39 +44 -39
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 138 140 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.75% 1.54% 1.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.66% 3.82% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 127 92 72
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £29,375 £32,500 £30,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,125 £56,563 £57,813
90th Percentile £68,000 £65,450 £68,375
England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -12.74%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,769 3,665 4,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.60% 40.36% 31.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,223 1,636 2,189
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,300 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.96% -6.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,213
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.39% -6.42%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +23 62 £45,000 +18.42% 23
Hampshire -30 42 £29,500 -30.59% 8
Berkshire +44 41 £45,000 -10.00% 11
Surrey -41 13 £37,000 -17.78% 6
Oxfordshire -30 12 £32,500 -3.70% 5
Kent -40 10 £30,000 - 4
Buckinghamshire -16 9 £67,500 +92.86% 7
East Sussex -8 5 £40,000 -32.20% 6
Middlesex +18 2 £65,000 - 3
West Sussex -19 2 £31,000 -38.00% 2
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 35 (25.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (21.01%) SharePoint
3 10 (7.25%) Apache
3 10 (7.25%) nginx
4 5 (3.62%) WordPress
5 1 (0.72%) Confluence
5 1 (0.72%) IIS
Applications
1 45 (32.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.45%) PTC Creo
2 2 (1.45%) Windchill
3 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.45%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 86 (62.32%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (52.17%) Azure
3 38 (27.54%) Entra ID
4 13 (9.42%) AWS
5 11 (7.97%) Google Workspace
5 11 (7.97%) IaaS
6 9 (6.52%) Azure Functions
6 9 (6.52%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (6.52%) Serverless
7 7 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (5.07%) SaaS
8 5 (3.62%) GitHub
8 5 (3.62%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.90%) Mimecast
10 3 (2.17%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.45%) PaaS
12 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (34.06%) Firewall
2 43 (31.16%) DNS
3 37 (26.81%) DHCP
4 23 (16.67%) VLAN
4 23 (16.67%) VPN
5 21 (15.22%) LAN
5 21 (15.22%) WAN
6 18 (13.04%) VoIP
7 15 (10.87%) SSL
8 13 (9.42%) TCP/IP
8 13 (9.42%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (4.35%) Wireless
10 5 (3.62%) Internet
11 4 (2.90%) Asterisk PBX
11 4 (2.90%) LTE
11 4 (2.90%) VSAT
11 4 (2.90%) WLAN
12 2 (1.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.25%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.17%) Metadata
3 3 (2.17%) Power BI
4 2 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.45%) Power Query
4 2 (1.45%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.72%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 14 (10.14%) Git
2 2 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 103 (74.64%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.87%) Finance
2 15 (10.87%) Retail
3 10 (7.25%) Manufacturing
4 7 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.62%) Multimedia
5 5 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.90%) Electronics
6 4 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (2.90%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.17%) French Language
8 2 (1.45%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.45%) Swedish Language
9 1 (0.72%) Aviation
9 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Law
9 1 (0.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 50 (36.23%) IT Support
2 30 (21.74%) Analyst
3 22 (15.94%) Support Analyst
4 21 (15.22%) IT Engineer
4 21 (15.22%) Support Technician
5 20 (14.49%) IT Analyst
5 20 (14.49%) IT Support Analyst
5 20 (14.49%) IT Support Engineer
5 20 (14.49%) Support Engineer
6 18 (13.04%) 1st Line Support
6 18 (13.04%) 1st Line Support Technician
7 16 (11.59%) Senior
8 13 (9.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (8.70%) Operations Manager
9 12 (8.70%) Senior IT Support
10 11 (7.97%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
10 11 (7.97%) 2nd Line Support
10 11 (7.97%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 11 (7.97%) Senior IT Engineer
10 11 (7.97%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.52%) .NET
2 7 (5.07%) Web Services
3 5 (3.62%) CSS
3 5 (3.62%) HTML
4 2 (1.45%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.57%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.07%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.45%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (1.45%) Operational Technology
3 2 (1.45%) PKI
3 2 (1.45%) Replication
3 2 (1.45%) SCADA
3 2 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.72%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.72%) IoT
4 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 59 (42.75%) Windows
2 40 (28.99%) Windows Server
3 17 (12.32%) Linux
4 14 (10.14%) Windows 10
5 12 (8.70%) Mac OS
6 9 (6.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.72%) Android
8 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (28.99%) Customer Service
3 33 (23.91%) Disaster Recovery
4 29 (21.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (19.57%) Mentoring
6 24 (17.39%) ITIL
7 23 (16.67%) Computer Science
7 23 (16.67%) High Availability
8 22 (15.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 20 (14.49%) Project Delivery
10 17 (12.32%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (11.59%) Migration
12 15 (10.87%) ITSM
13 14 (10.14%) Kalman Filter
14 12 (8.70%) Data Privacy
15 11 (7.97%) Mobile Device Management
16 10 (7.25%) Business Continuity
16 10 (7.25%) ERP
16 10 (7.25%) Systems Engineering
16 10 (7.25%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 15 (10.87%) Python
2 15 (10.87%) SQL
3 11 (7.97%) Ruby
4 9 (6.52%) C#
5 5 (3.62%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.62%) R
6 4 (2.90%) Bash
6 4 (2.90%) Perl
7 2 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.45%) Java
7 2 (1.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (52.17%) Degree
2 39 (28.26%) A+ Certification
3 35 (25.36%) Azure Certification
4 15 (10.87%) Network+ Certification
5 13 (9.42%) DBS Check
6 12 (8.70%) Security Cleared
7 11 (7.97%) CompTIA Security+
7 11 (7.97%) SC Cleared
7 11 (7.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 10 (7.25%) AWS Certification
9 8 (5.80%) HNC
10 7 (5.07%) MCSE
10 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (3.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 5 (3.62%) CCNA
12 5 (3.62%) HND
13 3 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (2.17%) MCSA
14 2 (1.45%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (18.12%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (5.80%) GDPR
4 5 (3.62%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.62%) QA
5 4 (2.90%) NCSC
6 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (32.61%) Active Directory
2 35 (25.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (18.84%) Hyper-V
4 10 (7.25%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.62%) Squid
5 5 (3.62%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.17%) vSphere
7 2 (1.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 36 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.97%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (3.62%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.45%) SCCM
4 2 (1.45%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.72%) Autotask
5 1 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 135 (97.83%) Microsoft
2 41 (29.71%) VMware
3 23 (16.67%) Veeam
4 18 (13.04%) Cisco
5 14 (10.14%) Apple
6 11 (7.97%) Datto
6 11 (7.97%) Google
6 11 (7.97%) SonicWALL
7 9 (6.52%) Oracle
8 6 (4.35%) HubSpot
8 6 (4.35%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.90%) Acronis
9 4 (2.90%) Citrix
9 4 (2.90%) N-able
10 3 (2.17%) ConnectWise
10 3 (2.17%) Meraki
10 3 (2.17%) Sophos
11 2 (1.45%) Dell
11 2 (1.45%) PTC
11 2 (1.45%) Symantec